Abstract
Gold and cadmium sulphide nanorods with aspect ratios ≈5 were synthesised in quantities of several hundred milligrams via surfactant-driven seed-mediated processes. Such nanorods then underwent surface-modification processes in which the surfactant coating was at least partially replaced with both commercially available alkanethiols and synthesised organic molecules with the intention of forming hybrid organic–inorganic nanorods capable of exhibiting liquid crystalline-like ordering. An increase in the localised alignment of functionalised nanorods was observed in transmission electron microscope images. Additional characterisation of these novel hybrid molecules has been performed using polarised optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance and UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy.
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